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Originally Posted by Bent Wookie
Ummm... in order to be 'accused' and charged, the police generally need some sort of reasonable and probable grounds to do so. Thus, as I stated, it is NOT legally possible to be charged with an offence if the cop/transit officer does not have to grounds to do so. It must stand an objective and subjective test. That being said, there are bad cops and there are poor decisions made. But those are very infrequent.
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First, you're using accused and charged as if they are interchangeable, that's not the case. Second, it is certainly possible to be accused or charged without sufficient grounds to do so. Where do you think the thousands of civil suits against police departments for unlawful arrest and confinement come from?
I'll agree that bad cops and bad decisions are typically in the minority, but that doesn't mean that the minority hasn't reared it's head in this instance. The facts we have are one sided and limited, but from my personal experiences with transit officers I wouldn't dismiss this as a fabrication so quickly.